Two Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed and 3 soldiers wounded in a clash in the southern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling pro-ISIS militants since last month, officials said Tuesday.
Officials said one of those killed, known only by his alias Barak Ingog, allegedly helped carry out a twin suicide attacks by an Indonesian couple on a Catholic church in the capital town of Jolo in January this year that killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians and soldiers.
The other slain militant, Nasser Sawadjaan, was a nephew of Abu Sayyaf leader Hajan Sawadajaan. Both of them were killed in a firefight Monday afternoon in the village of Bangkal in Patikul town.
Officials said the fighting lasted 40 minutes, but the military did not say whether soldiers recovered the bodies of the slain militants, although it reported that troops recovered an M16 rifle in the area.
“Firefight lasted for 40 minutes, supported by indirect fires and close air support, resulting to the neutralization of Barak Ingog, one of the facilitators of the bombing of the Cathedral in Jolo last 27 January this year. Another ASG member, identified as Nasser Sawadjaan, nephew of ASG leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, was also killed during the encounter,” the Western Mindanao Command said.
There were no reports of civilian casualties, but Governor Toto Tan has deployed social workers and dispatched food aid since March to assist villagers who were affected by the military campaign. It was unknown whether the regional government had sent aid to Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the newly-created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
https://mindanaoexaminer.com/2-sayyafs-slain-3-soldiers-wounded-in-sulu-clash/
“Firefight lasted for 40 minutes, supported by indirect fires and close air support, resulting to the neutralization of Barak Ingog, one of the facilitators of the bombing of the Cathedral in Jolo last 27 January this year. Another ASG member, identified as Nasser Sawadjaan, nephew of ASG leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, was also killed during the encounter,” the Western Mindanao Command said.
There were no reports of civilian casualties, but Governor Toto Tan has deployed social workers and dispatched food aid since March to assist villagers who were affected by the military campaign. It was unknown whether the regional government had sent aid to Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the newly-created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
https://mindanaoexaminer.com/2-sayyafs-slain-3-soldiers-wounded-in-sulu-clash/
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